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The main flaw with this idea as well as pretty much every password reset flow is that email itself is insecure. If I want to attack the login system and I have
by joesmo 12y ago
The main flaw with this idea as well as pretty much every password reset flow is that email itself is insecure. If I want to attack the login system and I have the ability to intercept the emails at some point, I essentially get access to the link/code in plaintext and now have access to the account. The difference might be that there will be a much higher volume of emails from a system like this than from one that just uses email for resetting passwords, though that's not guaranteed. I'd like to see a system that address this issue.